Alien Dead, The

The Alien Dead
Credits
Title:	The Alien Dead
Directed by:	Fred Olen Ray
Written by:	Fred Olen Ray Martin Nicholas
Produced by:	Henry Kaplan; Fred Olen Ray; Chuck Sumner; Shelley Youngren
Music by:	Franklin Sledge; Chuck Sumner
Cinematography:	Peter Gamba; Gary Singer
Edited by:	Mark Barrett
Production
Distributors:	Firdbird International Pictures
Released:	June 1st, 1980
Rating:	R
Running time:	74 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$12,000
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The Alien Dead is an American independent low-budget horror film of the zombie apocalypse subgenre. It was written and directed by Fred Olen Ray and co-written by Martin Nicholas. The film was produced by Firdbird International Pictures and released in the United States on June 1st, 1980. Like most of Fred Olen Ray's movies, the film has earned a mild degree of cult status, but is often regarded as being little-more than a poor man's Night of the Living Dead.

Cast

Credited cast

Actor	Role
Buster Crabbe	Sheriff Kowalski
Ray Roberts	Tom Corman
Linda Lewis	Shawn Michaels
George Kelsey	Emmet Michaels
Mike Bonavia	Miller Haze
Dennis Underwood	Deputy Campbell
John Leirier	Paisley
Rich Vogan	Krelboin
Martin Nicholas	Doc Ellerbe
Norman Riggins	Mister Griffith
Nancy Kranz	Mrs. Griffith
Ellena Contello	Mae Hawkins
Shelley Youngren	Angry wife
Fred Olen Ray	Pool player
Chuck Sumner	Gordon/Zombie
Bernice Kelsey	Farmer's wife
Ken Triplet	Farmer/Mandolin player
Jocelyn Davies	Girl swimmer
Donn Adrian	Hunter #1
Bob Wagner	Hunter #2
Wesley Place	Second deputy
Edi Stroup	Grocery cashier
John Ray	Zombie in flannel shirt
Michelle De Gurse	Zombie
Henry Kaplan	Corpse

Unknown cast

Actor	Role
Bonnie Irvine	Unknown
Albert Davies	Unknown
Lena Blanton	Unknown
Steve Kaplan	Unknown
Carl Bowman	Unknown
Terry Stephenson	Unknown
Ray Duckworth	Unknown
James Christian	Unknown
Barbara Barrs	Unknown
Mary Jane Kelsey	Unknown
Nancy Ray	Unknown
Terry Drean	Unknown
Jim Cartwright	Unknown
Bobby Conwell	Unknown
Elton Kemper	Unknown
Freddy Frei	Unknown
Mike Domansky	Unknown
Michael Smith	Unknown
Joe Lang	Unknown
Denise Thompson	Unknown
Noli Lagrossa	Unknown
Ron Liburn	Unknown
John Green	Unknown
Chris Robinson	Unknown
Rene McCune	Unknown
Phil Cardwell	Unknown

Notes & Trivia

• Alien Dead, Alien Dead (1980), The Alien Dead, The Alien Dead (1980) and Alien Dead, The all redirect to this page.

• The Alien Dead was filmed in parts of Rock Springs and Oviedo, Florida.

• The 25th Anniversary special edition of The Alien Dead was released on DVD in Region 1 format by Image Entertainment on April 13th, 2004.

• Screenplay writer and actor Martin Nicholas is credited as Martin Alan Nicholas in this film.

• Actor Ray Roberts is credited as Raymond Roberts in this film.

• Actress Nancy Kranz' name is mis-spelled as Nancy Karnz.

• This is the second sci-fi/horror film produced and distributed by Firdbird International Pictures. They also produced The Brain Leeches in 1978.

• This is Fred Olen Ray's second film as a director. It is also his second film in the science fiction and horror genres.

• Executive producer Henry Kaplan makes an uncredited cameo appearance as a corpse in this film.

• Additional music in this film was provided by Paul Jones, Sugar Lee and the American Bluegrass Express.

• John Ray, who plays the zombie in a flannel shirt, is also a production assistant on this film.

Recommendations

Sci-fi films

Alien Aliens Arcade Beyond Re-Animator Bride of Re-Animator C.H.U.D. Carnosaur Event Horizon Faculty, The Galaxy of Terror Ghosts of Mars Hollow Man

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Zombie films

Army of Darkness Beyond Re-Animator Bride of Re-Animator City of the Living Dead City of the Walking Dead Dance of the Dead Dawn of the Dead Dead Hate the Living, The Dead Heat Detention of the Dead Ghoul School House of the Dead House of the Dead II Land of the Dead Night of the Comet

Night of the Living Dead Plague of the Zombies Raiders of the Living Dead Re-Animator Resident Evil Return of the Living Dead Return of the Living Dead Part II Rise of the Damned Rise of the Zombies White Zombie Zombi 2 Zombi 3 Zombie Strippers Zombieland Zone of the Dead

External Links

The Alien Dead at AMG The Alien Dead at IMDB The Alien Dead at Wikipedia The Alien Dead at Bad Movies.org

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